- If you are a premium member of the Lynda.com library,you have access to the exercise filesused throughout this course.You can find the files under the "Exercise Files"button at the top of the title page.Now when you go to download the files, you should noticethere are multiple versions of exercise files.This has to do with the fact that thereare multiple updates to After Effects CC.If you're current with your software,you should just download the topmost version.We'll always keep the most recent version on top,which today is After Effects CC 2014.1.

If you're running version 2014,you should download those exercise files.And if you're running a version before 2014,which is just After Effects CC,you should download those corresponding exercise files.Once you download the exercise files,unzip the zip file, and you should notice a folderthat contains a bunch of sub-folders.Each of the sub-folders pertainto an individual chapter in the training.Just understand even though there are chapter folders,that doesn't necessarily mean that there's a specificexercise file for each video within that chapter.

Some of the videos have blank projects to start,so we didn't necessarily need to include any After Effectsfiles or extra files for that specific training.Now this "Footage" folder is very important.If you need to copy your exercise filesto a different drive, just to save hard drive spacefrom your system drive, I recommendjust copying the entire "Exercise Files" folder.Because as you work with each of these different projectsin the different chapter folders,these projects are referencing elementsthat are contained within the "Footage" folder.

So if you do move the "Footage" folder outsideof the "Exercise Files" folder,sometimes there's a chance thatthat footage could become unlinked.Now if you don't have access to the exercise files,you can follow along from scratch,or just use your own assets.So, let's get started.

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11/3/2014

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6/17/2013

Delve into the world of motion graphics, keying, and compositing in After Effects CC. In this course, Ian Robinson lays out six foundations for becoming proficient with After Effects, including concepts such as layers, keyframe animation, and working with 3D. To help you get up and running with the program, the course begins with a project-based chapter on creating an animated graphic bumper. Next, explore the role layers play in compositions and find out how to add style to your projects using effects and graphic elements. Last, see how to build 3D objects with CINEMA 4D Lite, as well as stabilize footage, solve for 3D cameras, and paint in graphics with the Reverse Stabilization feature.

Topics include:

Video terminology

Creating your first composition

Using layers, masks, blend modes, and track mattes

Parenting objects

Building complex objects with Pre-compose

Exploring the ray-traced 3D renderer

Understanding the order of effects

Creating 3D projects from Illustrator files

Lighting a scene

Animating type on a path

Using Keylight for green-screen footage

Rotoscoping

Archiving projects

Skill Level Appropriate for all

14h 51m

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Q: This course was updated on 6/18/2014. What changed?

A: We added new movies to the "Fundamentals of After Effects"
chapter, reorganized and re-recorded the "Up and Running" and "Keying
Green Screen Footage" chapters, and added new movies on Color Finesse 3
and masking individual effects.

Q: When I try to open a project file, After Effects tells me I need to update my system, since the file was made with version 13.0. But I already installed the most recent After Effects update. Why can't I open the project?

A: In
the latest round of updates, Adobe chose to create a completely new
installer for this latest version. While you may have updated the version of After Effects CC you have installed (12.x), there is an entirely new
After Effects install for 2014 (13.0). Check for an After Effects CC (2014) item in the Creative Cloud app and download and install it from there.

After you install the new version, you should be able to open 13.0 projects. After Effects CC (2014) will coexist with the older version of After Effects on your machine. If
you currently have any shortcuts on your computer to launch After
Effects, you may have to go back into the Programs folder and create a
new shortcut to the newer version, After Effects 2014.

Q: This course was updated on 11/03/2014. What changed?

A: We updated 25 movies to reflect changes to the Creative Cloud 2014 release of AfterEffects. This includes the new optimized user interface and enhanced Cineware and CINEMA 4D Lite pipeline. The new movies are labeled with the "(CC 2014.1)" tag.